The #UDC2026 abstract deadline has been extended to July 19! This year's theme — "Media, Press Freedom, and Cultural Production in an Authoritarian Age" — is as urgent as ever. We want to hear what you're working on. 400–700 word abstracts welcome. Submission/Info here: www.democraticcomm.org

Cabo Verde made their fans very proud tonight. So inspiring...🫶 What an amazing run in this World Cup. ⚽️🇨🇻

Well that’s a bullshit call. Refs need to swallow their whistle when Messi falls over.

No nos olvidemos que Ecuador le ganó a Alemania 2-0. Eso fue histórico. #fifa2026 #ecuador

Oh my god what an incredible win by Paraguay against Germany! Extra rounds on penalty kicks! WOW that Paraguay goalkeeper was incredible.

Paraguay Goalie is a hero. Amazing upset.

Canobbio is a thug & should have been ejected earlier in the game

A little celebration for the Feminist Media Studies community! 🎉 We are excited to share our latest journal metrics:

Still a huge #gendergap on English #Wikipedia: Among 22,075 front pages from 2013 to 2023 analyzed, men dominate at a staggering 70,8%, women account for just 29% and individuals with other gender identities make up only 0.2%. www.ojcmt.net/download/wik...

Everyone in media, film, popular culture and cultural studies needs to read and assign this book.

Hey #AcademicSky and #CommSky! Check out this special issue of Journalism and Communication Monographs on race in communication research! Some thought-provoking commentary by @professordavidoh.bsky.social @llop14.bsky.social @melitagarza.bsky.social and more! journals.sagepub.com/toc/JMO/curr...

A ban the serves as political publicity🤷‍♀️

In the hyper-capitalistic US, public goods and services are always at risk by those who would privatize them to become profit-generating commodities. I wrote this @thenation.com piece the last time Trump threatened USPS. Instead we should *expand* our postal system: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Absolutely upside down stuff: a Peabody award winning professor who teaches media non-fiction storytelling about *checks notes* police, inequality, and power is “persona non grata” on the campus where he is employed for that expertise? for documenting the thing he is known for covering?